Discrepancy
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Ah ok, haven't thought about that, still I don't think the point system is that complicated, it's probably just the winner get a win (1point) the others nothing.Sure there is. I cannot recall if a points system has been specifically defined in the game, but let us look at a couple of the most obvious alternatives:
1. Winner gets 1 point, the other two nothing.
Even in a case of no points awarded in week 1, winning both w2&3 ensures a win before w4.
2. Winner gets 2 points, second gets 1, loser 0.
Even in a case of no points awarded in week 1, winning both w2&3 ensures a win before w4, as long as the other two score one each. (Making the scores 4-1-1.)
3. Winner gets 3 points, second gets 1, loser 0.
Even in a case of no points awarded in week 1, winning both w2&3 ensures a win before w4, regardless of how 2nd and 3rd are sorted. (Scores would be either 6-2-0 or 6-1-1.)
The point (hah!) is that if the exhibitions are scored like a sports event, with each week rewarded equally, it is incredibly easy to end up in a situation where week 4 is rendered pointless from a competition perspective.
One way to get around that issue is to increase the point values for the last exhibition. The downside to that is that to raise them enough so that everyone still has a chance of winning on the last day, regardless of how badly they did on the first three, those first three become almost pointless (hah! again), other than as entertainment and exercises in humiliation.
Another way is the crab thing alluded to. Start the second-to-last exhibition with a summary of the lay of the land, and then give the ones not in the lead the chance to team up and bring the leader down to their level. No guarantees, but 2v1 should be pretty solid odds for success.
Because, as was mentioned by Turret above, there is no way in hell that Kath has not rigged this game in such a way that there is still all to play for in w4.
With that even if week 1 as no winner as FRVN and me said, the winner of week 2 winning week 3 would make her the default winner, since she had two wins and the other girls could only get one for the last exib. Makes sense, still Kat would never allow that ofc.